Patient perceptions of a personal health record: A test of the diffusion of innovation model

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Emani, Srinivas ^a   Yamin, Cyrus K ^b   Peters, Ellen ^c   Karson, Andrew S ^d   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^a   Wald, Jonathan S ^e,f   Williams, Deborah H ^a   Bates, David W ^a,g  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health records (EHRS); Innovation; Meaningful use; Perceptions; Personal health record (PHR)

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENTS;

EID: 84872482731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2278     Document Type: Article

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